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First Christian Church of Iowa Park, 210 E. Cash St.: Church Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 11, and a Thanksgiving dinner will be shared following worship. Nov. 14 the the Alzheimer's caretaker's support group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the parlor.

The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 809 Harding St. will observe Senior Citizen's Sunday on November 19th during the 10:15 a.m. worship hour. The Voices of Gold will sing and Senior Ushers will serve. Sister Diane Scroggins will discuss the Theme and Rev. Robert Hunter, pastor of the Greater St. Mark Baptist Church will deliver the Sermon. The public is invited.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1501 9th St.: Two Adult volunteers are needed to be monitors for catechists' older elementary children once a month so they can attend their preparatory catechist Meeting. They will be needed on Wednesdays, 6:15-8 p.m. For more information please email Cassie Erazo or Lori Shidell at cerazo@sacredheartwf.org or lshidell@sacredheartwf.org. Families or groups are needed to host seventh- through 12th-grade teens at their weekly BLASTS on Wednesdays. Please call BLAST coordinator, Ann Pohlod at 940-704-5195 for information.

Saint John Baptist Church, 1009 Flood: 112th pre-anniversary worship celebration, begins at 11 a.m. Nov. 19, with the Reverend Paul R. Delaney of New Hope Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, where the Reverend E.J. Tyson is the pastor. Paul Delaney is a native of Wichita Falls, and now resides in Oklahoma City. After 25 years of pastoral staff service, Rev. Delaney retired from professional clergy in 2013 after illness.